Claudia Cardinale – 81

At 19, Claudia Cardinale won the Most Beautiful Italian Girl in Tunisia award, with a prize trip to Italy. Movie offers came soon after and her first paycheck as an actress was for the movie Goha, in 1958. She quickly gained fame in Italy, with roles on Girl with a Suitcase, Rocco and His Brothers, The Leopard, Fellini’s 8½, and many others. In the ‘60s, Claudia was already cast in Hollywood and Brit movies, such as The Pink Panther, Blindfold, Once Upon a Time in The West, and more. Claudia is also outspoken about women’s rights, and in 2011 was counted among the 50 most beautiful women in film history.